JACKIE AS EDITORWritten By : Greg LawrenceRead By : Bernadette
DunneBiography • UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONSubtitle: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisNew York Times Bestselling AuthorThis is an absorbing chronicle of a much overlooked chapter in Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ life — her nineteen-year editorial career. History remembers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as the consummate first lady, the nation’s tragic widow, the tycoon’s wife, and, of course, the quintessential embodiment of elegance. Her biographers, however, skip over an equally important stage in her life: her nearly twenty-year-long career as a book editor. Jackie as Editor, written by one of the authors Jackie edited, is the first book to focus exclusively on this remarkable woman’s editorial career. At the age of forty-six, one of the most famous women in the world went to work for the first time in twenty-two years. Greg Lawrence, who had three of his books edited by Jackie, draws from interviews with more than 120 of her former collaborators and acquaintances in the publishing world to examine one of the twentieth century’s most enduring subjects of fascination through a new angle: her previously untouted skill in the career she chose. Over the last third of her life, Jackie would master a new industry, weather a very public professional scandal, and shepherd over a hundred books through the increasingly corporate halls of Viking and Doubleday. Away from the public eye, Jackie quietly defined life on her own terms. Jackie as Editor gives intimate new insights into the life of a complex and enigmatic woman who found fulfillment through her creative career during book publishing’s legendary golden age.

REVIEWS“Jackie as Editor is a fascinating insider account of her fulfilling final years as a book editor in publishing. A must for Jackie fans.”—Sarah Bradford, New York Times bestselling author Jackie As Editor 11 CD's 6.97 Plus 3.99 Shipping

THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN BORDER Written By Edward AldenRead by Robertson DeanCurrent Affairs • UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONSubtitle: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11 On September 10, 2001, the United States was the most open country in the world. But since 19 hijackers turned America's welcome mat into a weapon that could be used against it, the nation has been shutting its door. In The Closing of the American Border, Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the worst attack on U.S. soil. The goal was to build new lines of defense that could keep out terrorists without stifling the flow of people and ideas from abroad that have helped to build the world's most dynamic economy. But instead, the government created an obstacle course that has made it vastly harder for people from across the world to come to the U.S., hurting America's image abroad and damaging its economic prospects at home.

REVIEWS"Opportunity for all, openness, freedom—for the past century, those three values have been America's gift to the world. In this penetrating, impeccably researched, and devastating book, Edward Alden shows how America sacrificed each one after 9/11, in a bid for security that has yielded far less than it has cost. This is a superb case study of how the conduct of policy can drift depressingly far from the worthy intentions that gave rise to it."--The Economist “A thought-provoking study that will leave you looking at our borders in a new light.”--San Antonio Express-News “Compellingly argued and meticulously researched.”--Financial Times “Alden’s book reads like a case study in good intentions and bad effects.”--Wall Street Journal "Illuminating…Sensible, carefully constructed roundup of recent border security measures by the U.S. government, analyzing their degrees of success and failure…Alden's cogent analysis forces a closer look at these developments. A useful study that informs without grinding an ax."--Kirkus Reviews “Robertson Dean has a deep, rich bass-baritone that is a splendid match of text and voice. He is dispassionate but not monotonous in his delivery. This measured delivery, when combined with his resonant voice, makes this a serious reading of a serious work.”--AudioFile “[A] thoughtful and balanced assessment…Engaging and urgent.”--Publishers Weekly

EDWARD ALDEN is the former Washington bureau chief for the financial times and is currently the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has been a guest on numerous TV and radio shows, including the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, McLaughlin Group, NPR, the BBC, CNN, and MSNBC. The Closing of The America Border : 9 CD's 7.97 Plus 3.99 Shipping

BLOOD LIESWritten By : Daniel KallaRead By : Anthony HealdMyst &
Susp • UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONBen Dafoe, a young emergency-room doctor and part-time crime-scene consultant for the Seattle police department, is haunted by addiction. Two years earlier, a cocaine habit claimed the life of his identical twin, Aaron. Now Ben walks onto the scene of a savage stabbing to learn that the victim, Emily Kenmore, is his former fiancée--another loved one who fell prey to addiction. Among the carnage in Emily’s bedroom is a streak of blood on the wall that belongs to the killer. When the DNA from that sample matches Ben’s blood, he becomes the prime suspect. Convinced that his identical twin is alive and somehow involved in Emily’s death, Ben frantically hunts for his brother Aaron while trying to evade American and Canadian authorities. But someone is desperate to thwart him. A Seattle mob boss, a dirty cop, and a smooth lawyer are only some of the people Ben has to navigate. While Ben struggles to solve a tragic mystery from his past to clear his name in a crime of the present, he learns that sometimes blood lies. REVIEWS “Kalla and Heald make a winning pair…Heald's most impressive quality is the cool edge he gives his voice to differentiate between all the characters…Thriller fans are in for a smart, fast-moving and surprising ride.”--Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Anthony Heald moves the story along with a performance that captures the tension of the work. Heald has the tough job of making his hero, Dr. Ben Dafoe, seem as mystified as the listener. Yet Dafoe is clearly keeping something from the police and the listener. This is an interesting look into a world in which right and wrong are not so easily distinguished.”--AudioFile

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HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER AMONG THE INDIANS Written By : Mark Twain and Lee NelsonRead by : Grover GardnerGeneral Fiction • UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONIn 1885, while The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was becoming one of the best-selling American classics of modern times, Mark Twain began this sequel in which Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Jim head west on the trail of two white girls kidnapped by Sioux warriors. Fifteen thousand words into the work, Twain stopped in the middle of a sentence, never to go back. The unfinished story sat on dusty shelves for more than a hundred years until author Lee Nelson decided to finish it, using Twain’s incomplete manuscripts. The result is a story of adventure, wit, and wisdom, with readers saying they can’t tell where Twain leaves off and Nelson begins. Tom and Huck seek true love while tramping through Indian country, stealing from the U. S. Army, facing a gunfight and hangman’s noose in California, and learning the hard way that “book Injuns and real Injuns ain’t the same.”

REVIEWS“The story is done well, capturing the spirit and adventure of Tom and Huck. Grover Gardner tells the tale in fine form, using the dialect made famous by Twain, and pacing the plot just as nicely.”--AudioFile

MARK TWAIN (1835–1910) was born Samuel L. Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri. One of the most popular and influential authors our nation has ever produced, his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. He has been called not only the greatest humorist of his age but the father of American literature. LEE NELSON has written more than thirty books and is best known for his historical novel series set in the 1800s. He lives in Utah. Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer : 7.97 Plus 3.99 Shipping

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF BILLY THE KIDWritten By : Michael Ondaatje Read By : Stefan RudnickiGeneral Fiction •UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient comes a visionary novel about an icon of American violence. William Bonney a.k.a. “Billy the Kid,” killed his first man when he was twelve. By the time he was twenty-one he had, by his own reckoning, slain nineteen more. In the intervening years he had become “Billy the Kid,” bloodthirsty ogre and outlaw saint. Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own fund of empathy and imagination, Michael Ondaatje imagines Billy’s passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country. The Collected Works of Billy the Kid is a virtuoso synthesis of storytelling, history, and myth by a writer who brings us back to our familiar legends with a renewed sense of wonder.

REVIEWS “Moving and tragic…Ondaatje is a poet and even his prose moves with rhythmic circular precision.”--New York Times Book Review

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HOW TO SELL Written By : Clancy MartinRead by : Paul Michael GarciaGeneral Fiction • UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONA Publishers Weekly Top Fiction Book Bobby Culver is just sixteen when he drops out of school to follow his big brother, Jim, into the jewelry business. Bobby idolizes Jim and, from the moment he steps off the plane from Canada, he's in awe of Jim's girlfriend, Lisa, the best saleswoman at the Fort Worth Gold and Silver Exchange. How to Sell is the story of a young man's education in the two oldest human passions, love and money. It charts the swift rise of the Culver brothers and tallies the cost of their success on everyone around them, especially on the woman who becomes a lover to both men. Through the lens of this classic tragedy, a sentimental education for our time, Martin captures the luxury business in all its exquisite vulgarity, finding in the diamond and watch trade a metaphor for the American soul at work. How to Sell is a marvel of economy, observation, and emotional truth. REVIEWS"Dirty, greatly original, and very hard to stop reading."—Jonathan Franzen “A funny, unforgiving novel about how we buy and sell everything — merchandise, drugs, sex, trust, power, peace of mind, religion, friendship, and each other…A fresh, disconcerting voice.”—Zadie Smith “The feeling you get from the moment you open Clancy Martin’s superb novel is one of inevitability. This is the inevitability of truth-telling, of tragedy, of the set-up to a good joke, and, very possibly, the inevitability of the classic."—Benjamin Kunkel "How to Sell is a tender yet hardboiled coming-of-age story, a vivid, sometimes philosophical portrait of yearning and greed, of human love and human spoilage — all of it mirrored in stripped-down, addictive prose. Clancy Martin has written a scary, funny blaze of a book."—Sam Lipsyte “A darkly bewitching first novel.”--New York Review of Books “How to Sell is outrageous, theatrical and slicker than oil…a gem of a story.”--Newsweek “How to Sell, Clancy Martin’s sly debut novel, is a lesson in double dealing – in business and in romance…This is one of those books that makes you slap your forehead and marvel at the intricate lies that ensnare the unwary, even as you check to make sure your wallet and your wits are right where you left them.”--O, The Oprah Magazine “A crackling debut…A bravura catalog of the scams and rackets that make up the luxury jewelry trade…Like a James Ellroy novel for people who read Spinoza's Ethics.”—Salon.com “A noirish blast of a novel.”--Rolling Stone “Martin has a poetic sensibility…He gives a mesmerizing appeal to the setting of an alexandrite necklace and the delicate artistry involved in shaping a diamond.”--New Yorker “How to Sell is, with memorably dark comedy, a virtual handbook on fraud…is a compelling setting for Martin’s propulsive storytelling. His narration feels cinematic, the sets and scenery popping off the page.”--Elle “It’s a lean and mean book…The kind of novel — cool and dark — that goes with you to the beach and then keeps you thinking at night.”--Esquire “Martin writes with no-nonsense punch, detailing the schemes — fake certificates, ‘antiques’ — shady jewelers have been running for centuries…By the time you’re hooked on the book’s insidious plot twists…you’re blissfully unaware you’re downing a metaphor: No commission can buy you a soul.”--GQ “Sex, of course, may sell, but Martin's wicked take on money, the jewelry business and American passions could prove to have multiple pleasures.”--Kansas City Star “A timely meditation on greed and the American Dream.”—Men.style.com “Sexy, funny and devastating…Reading this is like watching one man's American dream turn into a soul-sucking nightmare.”--Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Assured debut novel…very well told by a talented young writer.”--Kirkus Reviews

CLANCY MARTIN : worked for more than a decade in the fine jewelry business. A professor of philosophy at the University of Kansas, he is known for his translations of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard. He is currently at work on a new translation of Nietzsche's Ecce Hommo and a book-length essay for FSG on marriage and deceit. His first appearance in McSweeney’s was nominated for a 2008 National Magazine Award. How To Sell 7.99 + 3.99 Shipping

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND Written By : Giles FodenRead By Mirron E. WillisGeneral Fiction • UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONWinner of the Whitbread AwardA New York Times Notable Book of the Year Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan is called to the scene of a bizarre accident: Idi Amin, careening down a dirt road in his Maserati, has hit a cow. When Garrigan tends to Amin, the dictator, obsessed with all things Scottish, appoints him as his personal physician. So begins a fateful dalliance with the African leader whose Emperor Jones-style autocracy would transform into a reign of terror. In The Last King of Scotland, Foden's Amin is as ridiculous as he is abhorrent: a self-proclaimed cannibal who, at the end of his eight years in power, would be responsible for 300,000 deaths. As Garrigan awakens to his patient's barbarism—-and his own complicity in it—-we enter a venturesome meditation on conscience, charisma, and the slow corruption of the human heart.

REVIEWS“Genuinely beautiful and disturbing.”--Village Voice “[A] decidedly quirky yet absorbing first novel…brings to mind the diabolical Evelyn Waugh."--Los Angeles Times Book Review “A sobering reality check and an impressive work of fiction.”--Washington Times “Forest Whitaker took home the Oscar for the cinematic portrayal of the Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland in 2006. However, Mirron Willis’s narration of the audiobook by the same name surpasses Whitaker’s performance…In addition to narrating the first-hand account through Carrigan’s eyes, Willis must establish a slew of vocal characters, including the aggressive and African-accented Amin and the timid and Scottish-accented Carrigan. Through all fourteen hours of this audiobook, Willis maintains an intensity and sincerity in his narration that few screen actors could match.”--Foreword (audio review) THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND 7.99 + 3.99 Shipping

THE LAST CAVALIERWritten By : Alexandre DumasRead By : Simon PrebbleAdventure • UnabridgedDESCRIPTIONSubtitle: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon The discovery of Dumas’s last, incomplete novel, lost and completely unknown to historians for more than a century, was a literary bombshell. The Last Cavalier is Dumas’s swan song, a rousing adventure that completes his epic retelling of French history from the Renaissance (La Reine Margot) to his present day (The Count of Monte Cristo) by filling in that one vital, dramatic era that was missing: the Age of Napoleon. A tale of family honor and heroic derring-do, The Last Cavalier follows the fortunes of young Hector, Count de Sainte-Hermine, who has sworn an oath to avenge his Royalist family members’ deaths by fighting against Napoleon. When he is defeated, he is sentenced to serve as a common soldier in Napoleon’s imperial forces. Though he courts death fearlessly, Hector’s daring deeds will change his destiny, and Napoleon’sREVIEWS “It’s absolutely wonderful. I finished The Last Cavalier in a day. These 800 pages almost turn themselves. Alexandre Dumas remains, now as ever, the Napoleon of storytellers.”--Washington Post, a Top Ten Book for 2007 “The Last Cavalier is a lost treasure. The spirit of Monte-Cristo rides again.”--New York Review of Books “Reviews have been unanimous in praising The Last Cavalier: The novel is a reminder that readers are always willing to make time for epic storytelling when the narrative is in the hands of a master.”--Los Angeles TimesALEXANDRE DUMAS (1802–1870), French novelist and playwright, was born the son of an innkeeper’s daughter and one of Napoleon’s generals. He moved to Paris in 1823 to make his fortune in the theater, and at twenty-eight he was one of the leading literary figures of his day. His complete works were eventually to fill over three hundred volumes. His novels remain as popular today as when he wrote The Last Cavalier 7.99 + 3.99 Shipping